Supreme Court E-Library
Information At Your Fingertips


  View printer friendly version



[ MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 25, September 15, 2017 ]

DIRECTING ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR-CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT ALL LEVELS, TO DISPLAY OR EXHIBIT PHOTOGRAPHS PAINTINGS OR OTHER FORMS OF VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF PHILIPPINE HEROES



WHEREAS, Section 17, Article II of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall give priority to education, science and technology, arts, culture, and sports to foster patriotism and nationalism, accelerate social progress, and promote total human liberation and development;

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to promote and popularize the nation's historical and cultural heritage;

WHEREAS, the State shall provide the means to strengthen the people's nationalism, love of country, and respect for its heroes by emphasizing the importance of Philippine national and local history in the daily life of the Filipinos, with the objective of raising social consciousness and patriotism;

NOW, THEREFORE, all government agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or- controlled corporations, state universities and colleges and public schools of all levels, are hereby directed to display or exhibit the photographs, paintings or other forms of visual representations of Philippine Heroes in lieu of the photographs, paintings or other forms of visual representations of elected or appointed government officials.

A list of recognized Philippine Heroes, as identified by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, is attached as Annex A for reference and guidance.

This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.


 

      By authority of the President:
     

(SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
  Executive Secretary  

 


ANNEX A


PHILIPPINE HEROES



 

   

Jose Rizal


   

Andres Bonifacio


   

Emilio Aguinaldo


   

Apolinario Mabini


   

Marcelo H. del Pilar


   

Juan Luna


   

Melchora Aquino


   

Gabriela Silang


   

Lapu-Lapu


   

Father Jose Burgos


   

Father Mariano Gomez


   

Father Jacinto Zamora


   

Emilio Jacinto


   

Jose Abad Santos  


 



© Supreme Court E-Library 2019
This website was designed and developed, and is maintained, by the E-Library Technical Staff in collaboration with the Management Information Systems Office.